Norbert Wiedmer

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Norbert Wiedmer (* 1953 in Bern ) is a Swiss documentary filmmaker.

Life

Wiedmer studied in Paris and at the University of Television and Film in Munich , where he also worked as an assistant from 1980 to 1982. He has been a freelance writer, director and producer since 1982. In 1982 he founded the production company Biograph Film . In 2000 he was honored with the Film Prize of the Canton of Bern and the Swiss Film Prize in the category “Best Documentary” for his film Schlagen und Abtun . Together with Peter Guyer , he made the documentary Sounds and Silence (2009), which was also awarded the Bern Film Prize in 2009 and was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize 2010 .

Wiedmer is a member of the Swiss Film Academy.

Filmography

  • 1978: Penguin, profession pantomime (director, camera)
  • 1979: Five minutes at the end of the world (director, camera), D rating: "particularly valuable"
  • 1980: Christmas Safari (Director)
  • 1981: The Consumer Cathedral (director, editor)
  • 1982: Wounds and Scars (Director, Editor)
  • 1982: Pfandpfand (Director)
  • 1984: The fairy tale of the Cigar King (director, editor), Int. Documentary Film Festival Nyon CH: Prix spécial du jury
  • 1987: Alpenglühn (director, camera, editor), Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1994: Departure (director, camera), Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1994: A frog, the kiss, two kings (director, camera), Federal Film Award EDI
  • 1996: Better and better (director, camera), u. a. Int. Documentary Film Festival Leipzig (D): 1st prize: “Goldene Taube” and Prix FIPRESCI Int. Documentary Film Festival Nyon CH: Prix du meilleur longmétrage, Swiss Federal Film Prize EDI, Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 1999: Schlagen und Abtun (documentary film: director), Swiss Film Prize 2000 for the best documentary film, Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 2001: Juntos (director, camera), Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 2002: Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (director), Film Prize of the Canton of Bern
  • 2004: Bruno Ganz, stages in a career (director)
  • 2005: Blau (director, camera), world premiere Locarno 2005, "Semaine de la critique"
  • 2009: Sounds and Silence (documentary: director, screenplay, camera)
  • 2010: Master Dreams - A Bernese Football Story (Director, Camera)
  • 2011: El encuentro - A film for bandoneon and cello (director, camera)
  • 2015: Mitten ins Land (director, camera)

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personal data
SURNAME Wiedmer, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern